WITH COMMUTER RAIL PRICES COSTING 25 CENTS MORE. THEY PREDICT THEY WILL RAISE AN EXTRA $24 MILLION IN REVENUE. MASSACHUSETTS GAS PRICES AT THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE BEEN APPROACHING INDEPENDENCE DAY IN SIX YEARS. OLESSA STEPANOVA SHOWS US WHAT IS FUELING THAT PRICE HIKE. THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP AND UP AND UP. THEY HAVE BEEN HIGH ALL SUMMER. A REAL NUISANCE. THE REASON BEHIND THE RISING COST OF GAS? PROBLEMS OVERSEAS. THE CRUDE OIL IS WHY IT SO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS. THE SOARING PRICES DRIVEN BY THE UNCERTAINTY IN IRAQ AND THEY ARE DRIVING DRIVERS BAD. MY PRACTICES TAKES ME OUT TO MASSACHUSETTS AND OVER THE CAPE. I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE STATE AND THE GAS PRICES ARE KILLING ME. I HAVE A VACATION HOME UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND AFFECTS BOATING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SOUTH CAROLINA PAYING THE LEAST AT $3.37. THE PRICE OF GAS IS HIGHEST IN HAWAII AT 4.37. HOW DO WE HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS STACK UP AGAINST THE REST OF THE CAN COUNTRY? WE ARE PAYING $3.70, TWO CENTS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. GAS PRICES UP TWO CENTS FROM LAST WEEK AND UP 25 CENTS FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR. DIANE IS VISITING THE BAY STATE FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND IS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MUCH WE ARE PAYING. THEY ARE HIGH. 25 CENTS OR 30 CENTS HIGH. THERE ARE A FEW WAYS TO CONSERVE THE GAS ALREADY IN YOUR TANK. DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT, MAINTAIN PROPER TIRE PRESSURE AND ACCELERATE GRADUALLY. EXPERTS HOPE THE PRICES WILL COME DOWN AFTER THE END OF THE